Cauldron at Haystack Mountain Ski Area
Advanced · 192 m long with 77 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 29° at its steepest, facing NE.
29°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
192 mlength
77 mvertical
876 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Cauldron is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Cauldron
Lifts that reach the top: The Witches (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 19 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Barnstormer
- Ski Upper Dutchman
- Ski Flying Dutchman (easy)
- Ski Witch Way (intermediate)
- Ride The Witches
- Ski Merlin (advanced)
- Ski Gandolf (advanced)
- Ski Cauldron (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Tri Force, Samantha, Merlin. Nearest lifts from the bottom: The Witches (1 min), Barnstormer (4 min), Stag's Leap (7 min).
See Cauldron on the 3D mapAll runs at Haystack Mountain Ski AreaMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.